BScAgr (Hons), Grad Dip. Ed, PhD Jane Kelly has been a Lecturer in Livestock Production Management at CSU for over ten years. She has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with honours from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Western Sydney and a PhD from Charles Sturt University, as well as qualifications in adult education. Jane spent ten years with NSW Department of Primary Industries in the areas of research, consultancy and extension. She specialised in livestock production and management in the sheep industry, providing on-farm specialist advice to producers on all aspects of livestock management. Jane conducts research within her main interest, livestock and plant interactions and remote weed detection, where she has produced a number of publications. Jane has taught in schools and in adult education and completed her PhD in 2020 on grass seed contamination management in sheep. She currently convenes the core livestock management subjects within the Agricultural degrees at CSU and is involved in linking students to industry within her subjects. She is a member of the NSW Weed Society and her research interests and projects centre around remote detection and weed and livestock interactions and alpine/high rainfall conservation and grazing systems. Jane has taught at CSU for over a decade and taught in numerous schools. She has also given many industry workshops to landholders and livestock producers and teaches into subjects centred on livestock management and production systems, including livestock breeding and reproduction, livestock behaviour, grazing management, livestock handling and market suitability. She also co-supervises honours and PhD students. Jane completed her PhD in 202, entitled “Seed contamination in sheep carcasses bybarley grass: An analysis of prevalence, management and economic impact”, which investigated the management and cost associated with barley grass contamination of sheep in southern Australia. She and her colleagues have since initiated the first Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice that is now attended by over 160 members from both Australia, New Zealand and Inner Mongolia and is leading, co-leading and developing projects in this space. Her research interests and projects centre around remote detection and weed and livestock interactions and alpine/high rainfall conservation and grazing systems.
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Dr Jane Kelly
Senior Lecturer in Livestock Production Management
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